i want to say i miss you
that life without you
echos an empty space
i have a little trouble
admitting to that
i have learned to let go
because if i am holding you
with my thoughts all day
it is like trying to paint
the empty spaces hunter green
with pink coral highlights
and the weight of the moment
is more than i can bare
so i set you to the side
where you come and go
with activities that bounce
off the ripples of the lake
like the call of the loon
and then i don't think
about what you don't tell me
and what i don't need to know
and i move on
through the day